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creamsugar · 06:25 AM

AKA: Rhythm Heaven
One of the best GBA games

GBA Site
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/brij/index.html

ARC Site
http://rhythm-tengoku.sega.jp/

Cmagus · (05-09-2007, 03:44 PM)

Too bad we don't get stuff like this here.This game is awesome I already imported it but it would be awesome if they would bring it here and just leave it as is, leave the 3 Japanese songs in and there is very little to translate.

BGBW · (05-09-2007, 03:45 PM)

So glad I bought this recently. Don't know why I kept putting it off.

Looks like it supports two players.

lobdale · (05-09-2007, 03:47 PM)

Wii Ware conversion = possibility? SEGA meaning it's running on Triforce board?

Would be sweets!

The Friendly Monster · (05-09-2007, 03:47 PM)

A reminder to anyone who hasn't imported this yet: Import this.

Wario64 · (05-09-2007, 03:48 PM)

Hmm...this game better be really loud since the sound cues are very important

Sega is involved with this?

Zerodoppler · (05-09-2007, 03:48 PM)

*books flight to japan*

Mama Smurf · (05-09-2007, 03:49 PM)

I have a degree of hope that games like these, which Nintendo doesn't want to localise for some reason, will show up as original VC games when they start doing that.

A small degree.

Jonnyram · (05-09-2007, 03:51 PM)

Crazy... in a good way.

Wii · (05-09-2007, 03:51 PM)

OMG! PLEASE BE A WII VERSION!

Vic · (05-09-2007, 03:52 PM)

****. that baby must come in montreal!

Shikamaru Ninja · (05-09-2007, 03:55 PM)

I had a feeling that a Rhythm Tengoku project was still in existance at Nintendo. Yoshio Sakamoto better port this to Wii (16:9 this time please) and finish Metroid Dread already :(

zigg · (05-09-2007, 03:55 PM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

Sega is involved with this?

Yeah, check out the very top of the arcade machine. I hadn't noticed it either till now. Clearly Brandon's eyes are superior to mine!

Shikamaru Ninja · (05-09-2007, 03:57 PM)

SEGA is probably the publisher.

ziran · (05-09-2007, 04:07 PM)

Rhythm Tengoku's awesome! Interesting seeing it going to arcade, it's a natural fit, in the Taiko no Tatsujin, DDR vein.

Hope we see a DS and/or Wii version :)

sc0la · (05-09-2007, 04:10 PM)

and there still is not a US version of the GBA game? :(

This machine should have a vending machine at the bottom that you can buy a DSL and the game out of =P

Battersea Power Station · (05-09-2007, 04:10 PM)

Shit, I wish I was in Japan. This is one arcade game I would work my ass off to have the high score in.

farnham · (05-09-2007, 04:12 PM)

i could easily see a wii version for this.. or a DS version :)

Shikamaru Ninja · (05-09-2007, 04:13 PM)

Nintendo should have done a Pokemon Stadium for the arcades with GBC/GBA transfer pak. That would have been big!!

Smash Bros too.... :)

tanasten · (05-09-2007, 04:14 PM)

A Wii version is likely. Sure, the arcade will make use of the Triforce.

Or so I hope. Just remember that Mario Kart Arcade got lost into... the arcade.

Originally Posted by Shikamaru Ninja:

Nintendo should have done a Pokemon Stadium for the arcades with GBC/GBA transfer pak. That would have been big!!

Smash Bros too.... :)

Yeah yeah. That would do a lot of money on the arcades.

Wario64 · (05-09-2007, 04:16 PM)

If there was a Wii port, the drumming minigame alone would be worth the $50. Seriously.

Neomoto · (05-09-2007, 04:19 PM)

I hope that they'll announce a DS and Wii version. please :(

elostyle · (05-09-2007, 04:23 PM)

Probably just a gba player in there :)

Drakken · (05-09-2007, 05:08 PM)

Does the scan say anything about the arcade version having any different content?

IfAllElseFailsUseFire · (05-09-2007, 05:37 PM)

I want to play that

john tv · (05-09-2007, 05:44 PM)

Kickass!!

Thomper · (05-09-2007, 05:53 PM)

I still want to import this. :(

Anyone have a link to a cheap, cheap webshop that ships to Europe?

KTallguy · (05-09-2007, 06:03 PM)

Wow, an arcade version? Sweet! Too bad it's not on Wii VC or something.

The Friendly Monster · (05-09-2007, 06:03 PM)

Originally Posted by Thomper:

I still want to import this. :(

Anyone have a link to a cheap, cheap webshop that ships to Europe?

YesAsia has it shipped for just over 20 quid

amm · (05-09-2007, 06:15 PM)

Oh my god. I want that in my room. :drool:

jarrod · (05-09-2007, 07:01 PM)

DS release plz. They should also combine all those Bit Generations games on a DS card.

thetrin · (05-09-2007, 07:03 PM)

HOLY SHIT I WANT.

SumGamer · (05-09-2007, 07:04 PM)

Pure Beauty. Someone gotta get it here.

Datschge · (05-09-2007, 07:35 PM)

lol @ the huge size GB button layout of the arcade version :lol (I'm sure it works fine for the game though)

Now the arts looks vectorised like all Wario Ware games with Intelligent Systems involvement...

Alpha_eX · (05-09-2007, 08:03 PM)

That looks awesome, when's it out, i'm off to japan soon.

Wario64 · (05-09-2007, 08:26 PM)

I just hope the sound is mega improved this time. The GBA version actually had some awesome music and very catchy

rollingstart · (05-09-2007, 08:47 PM)

the drum game would be amazing on this

Drakken · (05-11-2007, 06:05 AM)

Someone who knows Japanese could give us a better idea of what this article says, but going by a Google translation, it sounds like there will be some new stuff. Specifically:

"With 1 human play modes tempo of the rhythm keeps raising, adding “extra” stage. You say that it can enjoy anew even with the user which plays game boy advance edition."

"In arcade edition 2 human simultaneous plays which is not game boy advance edition anew recording."

thetrin · (05-11-2007, 06:38 AM)

I don`t get how this is going to be feasible in an actual arcade without headphone jacks. Getting a feel for the music as well as the visuals is what really makes the game such a riot to play.

If they include headphone jacks, I`m so there.

SonSon2 · (05-11-2007, 06:42 AM)

The arcade shell just needs to be a giant GBA and you punch the buttons.

sprsk · (05-11-2007, 06:59 AM)

Hell yeah.

GG-Duo · (05-11-2007, 07:09 AM)

Wii port, localization please please pleaes

linsivvi · (05-11-2007, 07:15 AM)

Originally Posted by thetrin:

I don`t get how this is going to be feasible in an actual arcade without headphone jacks. Getting a feel for the music as well as the visuals is what really makes the game such a riot to play.

If they include headphone jacks, I`m so there.

Just like how it works for the thousands of arcade music games out there.

mutsu · (05-11-2007, 07:19 AM)

With arcade centers as noisy as hell, and with this game highly dependent on music and rhythm.... I just don't see how I can play this game well in the arcades.

muttyeah416 · (05-11-2007, 07:37 AM)

yeah i have trouble playing the gba version on public transportation without earphones

Wario64 · (05-11-2007, 07:40 AM)

Rhythm Tengoku is not the same as Bemani games and such. You need a combination of audio and visual cues to play Rhythm Tengoku since there's no "note chart"

linsivvi · (05-11-2007, 07:47 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

Rhythm Tengoku is not the same as Bemani games and such. You need a combination of audio and visual cues to play Rhythm Tengoku since there's no "note chart"

True, though not being able to hear the music clearly hurt the experience for music games in general. That's why I tend to pick arcades where they set the volume for music games higher or put them in a separate section. Anyway, they should include a headphone jack in the machine, just like some Bemani and other various music games.

Station42 · (05-11-2007, 07:53 AM)

they made a giant GBA, buttons are the same XD

for who asked some import site:

http://www.japanpa.com
http://www.play-asia.com
http://www.yesasia.com

cae · 08:30 AM

OMG. Wii port please, DS sequel please, I WANT IT ALL NOW. Just erased my save and started perfecting the game all over. It's THAT good.

A Link to the Snitch · (05-11-2007, 08:31 AM)

More like Wii sequel, amirite?

If they don't rush it like they did with WarioWare, it could kick the GBA's version's ass.